Margaret Gierse LaMore and Jo Mannies Gierse
Recorded
September 15, 2023
Archived
September 15, 2023
41:06 minutes
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Id:
mby023096
Description
Margaret "Maggie" Gierse LaMore (39) interviews her mother Jo Mannies Gierse [no age given] about her career in journalism.Subject Log / Time Code
Jo Mannies Gierse (JG) remembers early moments in her life that drew her to journalism, telling the story of reading newspapers as a little girl.
JG remembers realizing that her writing had power.
JG talks about writing for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Maggie Gierse LaMore (ML) asks JG about what it was like balancing parenting and building her career in journalism.
ML remembers following her mom and the former governor of Missouri around as they knocked on doors.
ML asks JG about her favorite interviews that she's done.
JG tells the story of interviewing George W. Bush.
Participants
- Margaret Gierse LaMore
- Jo Mannies Gierse